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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.That is your perspective. I disagree. I think it most unlikely that Belichick goes into the draft expecting to get Carter-like production in 2012 from someone he drafts.
Allen won't cut his Salary for a Team that has not chance for him to get a ring.
If the Vikes move Allen he saves them CAP space and dollars.....And the biggest part of the deal,
they have a first rounder late to go get Wallace from the Steelers who everyone knows they can't match $
and the Vikes now have CAP space to trade to tandem with Ponder and add to Harvin and Rudolph.
The fan base won't go crazy if they dump Allen if they bring in Wallace to help Ponder.
The Vikes have two very good young DEs who are behind Allen.
Pats walk away with Allen and what FAs we have landed and pick up some depth for the next few years in the Draft and 2012 will be fun.
DW Toys
Mark Anderson and Andre Carter
He pulled a calf muscle had surgery and it heals. This isn't like an Achilles or knee damage. He'll be fine by TCWill Carter even be ready by the start of the regular season?
Bump, before this very urgent question is lost among the Fells/Gallery/Stallworth/PayaTon hoopla.
I've read that the Gonzales/Stallworth/Gallery contracts are for one year each. Gonzales' is for < $1M,
and I hope that Stallworth's & Gallery's are the same. However, Bill needs to put aside a Large portion
of the remaining avail. cap space to sign at least 2 of Wimbley, Anderson, Lawson & Carter.
Those 4 guys are all that remains of the best avail. Pass-Rushers, and the diff. btwn #s 4 & 5
is Grand Canyon-esque.
In 2010, Bill doubled-up on TEs;
in 2011, he doubled-up on RBs;
this year, he must double-up on Pass-Rushers, preferably both in the draft & in free agency.
He pulled a calf muscle had surgery and it heals. This isn't like an Achilles or knee damage. He'll be fine by TC
Of the top 3. Anderson and Carter are who we need back. They've both excelled ;last season, and if they come back that year's experience would likely help them to be better. If we could simply bring them back, then we could talk about those top 5 picks and just turn them into talent that we could afford to develop....and be happy if 3 became mere rotational players.
Toys is right about the rarity of having draft picks become impact players. His 17% number is actually even worse when you consider that even when you find one of those 17% he usually doesn't show that impact play until the 2nd year. (ie JPP among many)
Ideally we don't want to have to draft players and need them to start. Signing Anderson and Carter precludes the need to do this.
BTW- Lawson is also my first choice as the 4th year guy to bring in and complete the conversion to a true 3-4 OLB.
All this would be nice, btw- if I could figure out how we are going to pay for any of it. In case you might have noticed we have already signed SEVEN FA's this week
Pulled calf muscle?He pulled a calf muscle had surgery and it heals.
Carter is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a torn quadriceps. Though it's still early in contract talks, Carter does want to be back in New England.
Personally, I'd rather have Andre Carter back and allow Mark Anderson to depart via unrestricted free agency. The New England Patriots can focus on defense in the 2012 NFL Draft to fill in the blanks, so to speak.I'd sign him Carter if he wasn't expected to be ready for the beginning of the season. There's nothing wrong with having a quality player come back for the 2nd half, if he isn't ready for the start.
However, I do expect to see him ready for camp.
Personally, I'd rather have Andre Carter back and allow Mark Anderson to depart via unrestricted free agency. The New England Patriots can focus on defense in the 2012 NFL Draft to fill in the blanks, so to speak.
Did LaMarr Woodley thrill you in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft?Another OLB possibility would be nice, but I just don't see any names out there that thrill me.
It's very rare that a rookie comes in an makes an impact contribution to a defense.
It looks like we're seeing WR being a rehashing of the "throw everything at the wall" strategy they used at the TE position in 2009.
I've wanted Allen to the Patriots for so long. He's exactly the type of dominant defensive player that would make an immediate impact. I'm just not sure how it gets done given the numbers.Toy's love the idea of Allen coming in. But he'd literally have to come in an cut his pay check in half for the privilege, and even that would be too much. Carter and Anderson, TOGETHER wouldn't cost that much. AND THEN....there is the matter of giving up something in trade, etc.
Toy's if you think on it. This is a kind of a Jets move. You know the kind where they give up draft picks, mortgage their cap situation, and hope the guy does't get hurt. Their is ONLY one guy who the Pats "count on", and pay him like that, and that is TB. Everyone else has to be just satisfied being simply rich